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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.340

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.340

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c18.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.340)

The work is a translation into Pāli of the commentary in Sinhalese as handed down in Ceylon, but the verses of this commentary were already in Pāli. The authorship of the translation is traditionally attributed to Buddhaghosa, but there exists much difference of opinion on this point.¹

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